====== Linux - Files - Recursively symlink files ======

A script to symlink all JPG image files on my file server to a flat directory accessible to DLNA enabled devices.

The files are organized in year directories, and under each year there are month directories:

<code>
-2011
--2011-01
--2011-02
--2011-03
...
-2012
--2012-01
</code>

<WRAP info>
**NOTE:**  Duplicate symlinks are avoided by using file names like 20110102-1234_DSC…JPG or YYYYMMDD-HHMM_OriginalFileName.JPG
</WRAP>

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===== Script =====

<code bash>
#!/bin/bash 

SRC="/media/Images"
DEST="/media/SymlinkTarget"

# Create a symlink under $DEST for each JPG file under $SRC
find $SRC -type f | grep -i jpg | while read PATHNAME; do
  NEW="$DEST";
  echo "$NEW";
  ln -s "$PATHNAME" "$NEW";
done
</code>